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NIGHTWISH: 'Highest Hopes' Certified Double Platinum In Finland

NIGHTWISH's 2005 CD collection, "Highest Hopes - The Best Of Nightwish", has been certified double platinum in the band's native Finland for sales in excess of 60,000 copies. The album, which was released in two different formats (the normal version, and limited edition, featuring a bonus disc conta...

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NIGHTWISH: 'Highest Hopes' Named 'Album Of The Week' By Icelandic National Radio

For the final week of 2005, NIGHTWISH's most recent CD collection, entitled "Highest Hopes - The Best Of Nightwish", was chosen as "foreign album of the week" by the Ras 2 (Channel 2) radio station of the Icelandic National Radio (RUV),Iceland's equivalent of DR in Denmark and SVT in Sweden. An off...

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NIGHTWISH: Photo Of Drummer JUKKA's Newborn Posted Online

Dutch webzine Reflections of Darkness has published a photo of NIGHTWISH drummer Jukka Nevalainen's son Niki at this location. Commented Jukka: "His name might lead us to think that he is a potential bassist but I'd prefer him to be a drummer. After all 'Drums are the instruments of Gods'.=)" Niki ....

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AMORPHIS: New Song Available As A Paid Download

A brand-new AMORPHIS track, "Two Moons", is currently featured among the "pre-listening specials" on Nuclear Blast's new online music shop. You can download the song for €0.99 at this location. "Two Moons" is the opening cut on AMORPHIS' forthcoming album, "Eclipse", due on February 17, 2006. The fi...

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Interview With Former NIGHTWISH Frontwoman To Air On Finnish TV

An interview with former NIGHTWISH frontwoman Tarja Turunen will air on the Finnish TV station TV1 on Saturday, December 24 at approximately 7:45 p.m. In other news, Turunen's official web site has made available copies of "Noche Escandinava II", a very limited-edition CD containing recordings in Bu...

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NIGHTWISH: Swedish Concert Webcast Scheduled For January

An audio recording of NIGHTWISH's September 11, 2005 concert at SkyCom Arena in Umeå, Sweden will air on Swedish radio on January 12 beginning at 9:00 p.m. To listen to the streamed concert, go to the "P3 Live" web site and click "Webbradio" and choose P3. As previously reported, Spinefarm Records h...

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NIGHTWISH: New Singer Has Not Been Found

Finland's NIGHTWISH, who recently parted ways with longtime frontwoman Tarja Turunen, have issued the following statement via their official web site: "Several [media outlets] have spread information about a new singer of NIGHTWISH but every single word has been a lie. We ask people not to believe e...

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NIGHTWISH Drummer Becomes Second-Time Dad

Congratulations are in order for NIGHTWISH drummer Jukka Nevalainen and his wife Satu, who welcomed their second child, a baby boy, on December 19. Both mother and child are doing well, according to a posting on the band's web site. As previously reported, Spinefarm Records has set a June 7, 2006 re...

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New AMORPHIS Track Featured On SWEDEN ROCK Magazine Promo CD

A brand-new AMORPHIS track, entitled "Leaves Scar", is featured on a promo CD showcasing recent and upcoming Nuclear Blast releases that accompanies the December issue (#32) of Sweden Rock magazine. The magazine is distributed in the Northern countries only. View a scan of the promo CD cover at this...

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'Scandinavian Rock & Metal' Two-Volume Book Set Due In Early 2006

RockDetector.com is publishing a two-volume book set, "Scandinavian Rock & Metal", in the first quarter of 2006. The books cover all styles of rock and metal from Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark. In the now-expected Rockdetector style, executive editor Garry Sharpe-Young covers each band's h...

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Former NIGHTWISH Frontwoman's Performance In Romania To End Christmas Tour

Otilia Haraga of the Bucharest Daily News is reporting that former NIGHTWISH frontwoman Tarja Turunen's December 16, 2005 concert in Sibiu, Romania has officially sold out. With this performance, the soprano will close her Christmas tour which started on December 1 in Finland. Turunen will arrive in...

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Consign To Oblivion

The obvious comparisons to WITHIN TEMPTATION, NIGHTWISH, or even EVANESCENCE will have to be made here, of course. After all, EPICA is a symphonic metal band with a mezzo-soprano female vocalist (though guitarist Mark Jansen does throw in the occasional death growls),augmented by a string section a...

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LIV KRISTINE To Release New Solo Album In March

Norwegian singer Liv Kristine (LEAVES' EYES, ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY) will release her new solo album, "Enter My Religion", on March 6, 2006 via Roadrunner Records. A digipack EP, entitled "Fake a Smile", will precede the full-length CD on January 27, containing the title cut plus four non-album track...

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AMORPHIS To Perform At Second Annual FINNISH METAL EXPO

Finland's AMORPHIS will celebrate the release of their new album, "Eclipse", with a live appearance at the second annual Finnish Metal Expo, which will take place on February 17-18, 2006 at Kaapelitehdas in Helsinki, Finland. Other bands scheduled to perform at the Expo include U.D.O., AJATTARA, SWA...

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LIV KRISTINE: Photos From 'Fake A Smile' Video Shoot Posted Online

Several photos from Norwegian singer Liv Kristine's (LEAVES' EYES, ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY) first solo video shoot (which took place on Nov. 19) have been posted online at this location. The song in question, "Fake a Smile", will appear on Kristine's forthcoming solo album, "Enter My Religion", tentat...